Category Archives: Fly Fishing Tips & Technique
Catching Big Trout Sometimes Takes Multiple Attempts
By Kent Klewein Several times this past year guiding, my clients would miss a big fish opportunity during our fishing trip. Sometimes it would be because of a poor hook set, other times, it was completely out of their control by last second refusals or...
Unhang My Fly You Villain Stump!
One of the unavoidable happenings in fly fishing is the oh-so-wonderful snag. Overhead limbs, rocks, submerged timber, rhodo, your net man… you name it, it’s out there just waiting to snatch your fly from the air. A lot of the time it’s game over for your...
Choosing the Right Tippet Size
I've talked quite a bit about how important it is to correctly select the proper tippet size when your fly fishing for trout. Most fly fisherman have no problem grasping this, after all, small fly patterns generally call for using smaller tippet and big fly patterns...
Sunday Classic / The Homemade Yeti Cooler
Don't get me wrong, your Yeti is a great cooler and, yes, you can use it for a poling platform, sort of, and it does make you look very cool but if you're like me and you travel a lot to fish it's just not...
Saturday Shoutout / Grillos Goodies
Andrew Grillos is a wealth of fly-fishing knowledge and one of the best tyers on the planet. Andrew Grillos has been a great friend of mine for over a decade. Aside from being one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet, he’s also one of the...